46. Phillips Petroleum Company Museum
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (918) 661-8687
Address: 410 S. Keeler Ave.
Description: Billy Parker’s 1914 pusher plane soars over exhibits that cover the company’s history and accomplishments. If you thought that Phillips just made gas for your car, think again. One of the displays is a huge bank vault with stacks and stacks of paper—all patents held by the company, including one that resulted in, among lots of other things, the hula hoop. Find out why the company has 66 in the name. Here’s a hint—it involves a famous highway and a speedometer. There’s a lot to see here, and the Phillips people have done a great job. The museum is open daily, except holidays.
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 510 S. Dewey Ave.
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Rd.
49. Conoco Museum
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (580) 765-8687
Address: 501 W. South Ave.
Description: Here’s a great little museum with lots of information about how the oil industry works. It would be easier to enjoy if you could forget that its start was so disastrous to E. W. Marland. You’ll learn that story at the Marland Mansion; it’s very lightly touched on in the museum. Still, there are lots of interesting displays showing the evolution of technology and the advanced equipment and techniques for extracting oil, both on land and under the sea.
50. Five Civilized Tribes Museum
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (918) 683-1701
Address: 1101 Honor Heights Dr.
Description: Originally the home of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Agency, the museum’s 1875 building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Displays on the lower level feature art and artifacts of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes. Photos, jewelry, pottery, baskets, clothing, and documents are among the exhibits. Upstairs is a gallery where Native American art is exhibited.
51. Honor Heights Park
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (918) 684-6302
Address: 641 Park Hill Dr.
Description: Not so historic, but nonetheless an important local attraction, Honor Heights Park, dedicated in 1920, attracts thousands of visitors every spring with its amazing display of color. Over 35,000 azaleas, tulips, daffodils, and redbud and dogwood trees put on a spring show that has cameras clicking all over the 113-acre park.
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 901 Monument Rd.
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 2401 S. 7th St.
55. Three Rivers Museum
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (918) 686-6624
Address: 220 Elgin Ave.
Description: Just as three rivers watered the area, three groups—Native Americans, blacks, and Anglos—were part of building Muskogee and the surrounding area. Exhibits highlight early pioneers, including Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma’s first congresswoman; early institutions; and transportation.The museum is housed in the 1916 Midland Valley Railroad Depot. It is open Wed through Sat.
56. J.M. Davis Arms And Historical Museum
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (918) 341-5707
Address: 333 N. Lynn Riggs Blvd. (Hwy. 66)
Description: The J. M. Davis Gun Museum is a thoroughly modern building with row after row of cases with well-presented items. The facility could be the envy of many other museums around the country. The fact that it contains over 20,000 guns and related items, plus 1,200 beer steins, makes this place Bubba heaven. There are also assorted musical instruments, Victorian statuary, music boxes, and knives and swords. You may find yourself singing a paraphrase of that old Paul Simon song, “Fifty Ways to Cleave Your Lover.” The museum is open every day except Christmas and Thanksgiving. With all the items, you’re sure to find something that catches your interest, even if you’re not a firearms fan.
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 1720 W. Will Rogers Blvd.
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 21250 E. Hwy. 28A
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 103 N. Main St.
60. Summerside Vineyards And Winery
City: Tulsa, OK
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 441251 E. Historic Route 66
Description: There’s a charming little winery here with a tasting room, gift shop, and a bistro that is open for lunch Thursday through Sunday. They produce a number of varieties of wine, but their cream sherry has won so many awards it is usually wait-listed.Try to plan your trip so you can have lunch here. The homemade soup is always good, the salads are wonderful, and the sandwiches are great, too. The ginger salad is quite popular—crisp greens, dried blueberries, mandarin oranges, toasted almonds, blue cheese, and Asian ginger dressing with shrimp.If you’ve already eaten, at least have some of their artisan foccacia made with rosemary, olives, and almonds and served warm with olive oil and pesto dipping spices. And take time to look at the unusual gift items.